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Sneak Peak: The Hospital Leader Blog
- Ann M. Sheehy, MD, MS, FHM
April 3, 2017
There is no doubt transparency is important, and patients should be informed when hospitalized as outpatients instead of as inpatients. But the wisdom of the federal NOTICE Act essentially stops there.
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Turnover rate for hospitalist groups trending downward
February 1, 2017
State of Hospital Medicine
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‘I can handle it’– The state of hospitalist group backup systems
January 31, 2017
It took my hospital medicine group 20 years to implement a formal backup system. Of all the reasons we resisted creating a backup system, foremost was that we did not want to mandate additional work.
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Eight things hospitalists need to know about post-acute care
January 20, 2017
Staffing, reimbursement, and patient populations vary widely. Experts suggest training, and opportunities for improvement.
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Sneak Peek: Journal of Hospital Medicine
- Bchir;
- Duncan R. Forsyth, MA;
- Ewen Cameron, MD;
- Jane Wilson, MBBS;
- Richard Biram, MBBS;
- Roman Romero-Ortuno, PhD;
- Stephen Wallis, MB;
- Victoria Keevil, PhD
January 20, 2017
Background: Frailty, history of dementia (HoD), and acute confusional states (ACS) are common in older patients admitted to hospital. Objective: To study the association of frailty (≥six points in the Clinical Frailty Scale [CFS]), HoD, and ACS with hospital outcomes, controlling for age, gen...
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Hospitalist Tracy Gulling-Leftwich, DO, Spends Her Free Time Caring for Rescue Animals
November 25, 2016
Tracy Gulling-Leftwich, DO, believes caring for these animals balances her work in hospital medicine
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Scott Kaatz, DO, uses SHM to Engage Future Hospitalists
November 22, 2016
Hospitalist Scott Kaatz, DO, MSc, FACP, SFHM, has been involved in multiple mentored implementation (MI) programs offered by SHM
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Measuring Excellent Comportment among Hospitalists
November 3, 2016
The hospitalist’s performance is among the major determinants of a patient’s hospital experience. But what are the elements of a successful interaction?
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10 Things Hospitalists Need to Know about Palliative Care
October 19, 2016
Experts debunk the most common misperceptions
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Why Required Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowships Are Unnecessary
- Archna Eniasivam, MD (Introduction Weijen Chang, MD);
- Bradley Monash, MD;
- Leonard Samuel Feldman, MD
October 8, 2016
A few reasons why a required pediatric hospital medicine fellowship is unnecessary and potentially harmful